i hold the phone to my ear as i walk, "so, i'm picking up the cake now, then i'll drive home and put it in the fridge, then i'll buy the decorations which will be purple and white themed, then you guys can come over and wait for liv to come back," i explain olivia's surprise birthday party today. "are you sure she won't be home?" iris asks over the phone. "she's been out at the studio since like 8 in the morning, she said she won't be home until about 7... so we have 8 and a half hours," i say. "okay, perfect!" "okay, i'm gonna get the cake now, i'll call you later!" "bye!" i hang up, walking into the cake store.
i pick up the cake in a cardboard box, paying for it and walking back to my car. after putting it in the fridge, i walk back to my car.
after getting a '21' white helium balloon, i get it pumped up with helium, placing it back into the car along with the other decorations.
i find an empty wall in the living room, starting to put the purple party streamers up. i jump to the ceiling, using my left hand to stick and sticking the streamers on at a high level. i place the '21' balloons in the center of the streamers.
after almost 2 hours of setting up the purple and white half-arched balloons on the side of the streamers, i move a table in front of the streamers. placing a clean, white cloth over it, "and now for the cupcakes."
spending another 3.5 hours baking, i place them on the cupcake stands, also placing krispy kreme donuts on another stand. i bring them over to the table, placing them on the side, next to the jelly cups and cake pops.
i move back as i look at the table in front of me, smiling. "one more touch," i say, getting a piece of string. i hang them onto the streamers, getting the printed disposables of liv and i. i stick them on, finding some of liv and i with conan, iris and madison. i smile, looking at it once more.
i wait for iris to answer. "hey, you guys can come over now!" "oh my gosh, i'm so ready," iris laughs. i chuckle, and we say bye and hang up. after doing make up and getting ready, iris arrives with conan and madison.
i open the door with a smile, and we all squeal. "come in, guys!" i walk them to the living room, and they see the decoration. "oh my god!" conan exclaims. "this is beautiful!" madison gasps. "how did you do all this?" iris asks with a wide smile. "took me like 5 and a bit hours," i laugh. "you are insane," conan says.
after inviting more people, it was 15 minutes until liv would arrive home. i take out the cake, placing it in the center of the table. "okay everyone, hide behind anything you can hide behind," i laugh, turning off the lights as everyone uses their phone. "how do we know when to say surprise?" josh asks, hiding behind a lamp. "i'll whisper it, and she's gonna see you there, dumb shit," i laugh. he laughs too, looking around for another place.
i hide behind the counter top, everyone going quiet as we hear the door unlock. "y/n, i'm home!" liv yells, turning on all the lights. "3, 2, 1," i whisper quietly, looking around and seeing a lot of people filming. we all jump up from where we're hiding, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
olivia squeals, looking at everyone, "oh my god, you guys!" i walk up to olivia, and she throws herself onto me. i laugh, swinging her around as i hold her waist, "happy birthday, liv liv!" we let go, and olivia looks at everyone. "oh my god, you did this y/n?" she says, on the verge of tears. "yep! i also did this," i say, leading her over to the table with all the decorations. "oh my god! how long did this take you?!" liv jogs over to it, looking at everything with a big smile. "like 6 hours, but who's counting?" she laughs, hugging me once again, "all by yourself?" "all by myself," i grin. "i don't deserve you," liv laughs.
i smile as she greets everyone, and josh and olivia see each other. i smile as they hug politely, talking for a bit before olivia goes to talk to others.
josh walks up to me, "can't believe you did all this by yourself, if you called me i could've helped!" "i don't think joshua bassett and baking should be in the same sentence," i laugh. "hey, i didn't say i'd bake! i could've helped with the decorations! like the... balloons..." he says uncertainly. "you wish," i smile. josh laughs, shaking his head, "thanks for inviting me, i know it might be a little awkward between olivia and i." "of course. you guys are fine now, so i think it's nice if you guys could be friends- if you'd like," i smile. "yeah, i'd like that," he smiles. "congratulations on the singles you've been coming out with, they're amazing!" "thanks! i know a lot of people have been thinking they're about olivia, but i swear on my life they're not about her." "i know, they're really beautiful songs, josh. i'm so proud of you!" he chuckles with a clumsy smile, and i laugh, hugging him.
we all get olivia to sit on the dining table, and i bring over the cake. i get a lighter, lighting the candles. "happy birthday to you!" everyone sings as olivia smiles at everyone. after the song, she blows out all the candles as we cheer.
i hold the door as everyone heads out, "thanks for coming!" i smile, closing the door after the last person. i hear footsteps coming and i turn around, laughing as olivia hugs me. "today was amazing, thank you," she says, kissing my cheek repeatedly. "i'm glad you had fun, happy birthday, olivia," i smile. "let's clean up," liv chuckles, and we walk to the living room.
the next day i lay in bed with my legs stretched after getting ready, waiting for liv. "let's go vote!" liv exclaims, walking out of the bathroom. i chuckle, standing up as we walk to the car.
i get into the passenger seat after we vote, and liv sticks the 'I VOTED' sticker on her forehead. she looks at me with a childish smile and i laugh, doing the same. she takes out her phone, smiling at the camera as she positions the phone to get us both in frame. i move in, smiling too as she takes the photo.
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(pretend we're in it😭)
i smile at the photo, looking at olivia, "you look cute in that!" olivia giggles, leaning over to kiss my cheek before posting it, turning her phone off and starting up the car.
olivia parks the car in a levelled car park, and we get out. "why'd you park on such a high level?" i ask. "hm, good question," liv laughs. i smile, and we walk to the elevator. i tap the button, the door opening. we walk, and olivia makes a few touches to her makeup on the mirror.
the door closes, starting to move go down. i smile, jumping up and doing a half flip, sticking my feet on the ceiling of the elevator. olivia looks up at me with a smile, and i smile back. i jerk my head towards the door as it opens, showing an elderly couple.
i stick my hand to the ceiling quickly, dropping myself down, hanging my hands for a second then standing up properly and moving next to olivia.
the couple gives me a blank expression, walking in. i give them a small smile, looking down. the door closes after. olivia gives me a nudge, and i look at her. she gives a smile, shaking her head. i copy her actions, looking away.
we walk out of the elevator, and olivia clears her throat. "very immature, y/n," she jokes, looking at me. "wasn't me, it was spider-woman," i laugh.
olivia's pov i smile, slipping my arm around y/n's arm. although we got back together 2 months ago, we haven't officially told the world, not that i minded, of course.
i look around the mall, seeing what store to go in next. i look at y/n and stop as she stops walking, so does the girl in front of us. y/n speaks up, "oh my god, gwen stacy?"
